Tesla Launch of Pick-Up

ShinerBock wrote:

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

But I thought you said you see solutions? ..

Sorry Mr Magoo, lol, no solution will be good enough for those who say it can't be done.

You even know why those big companies flunk in their cash for advanced orders buying themselves problems you outlined.

What I know because I worked similar multinational companies, I know for sure, they've run their numbers and got their engineers to green-light these investments.

I never said it can't be done. I think you are putting your own thoughts and words into mine. I am just injecting actual problems that will be faced by a fleet manager if they own a fleet of 50 or more of these units. As an ex fleet manager myself and someone who has been in the medium/heavy duty industry for over two decades, I can assure you that these are real world problems and hurtles that Tesla will have to overcome and will be much harder to deal with than building a truck, especially the PDC and dealer support.

And again, advanced orders do not mean anything in this industry. For one, the amount to pre-order is just a drop in a bucket to these companies. Two, it is refundable so there is essentially no risk. Three, many companies will places pre-orders on multiple OE's at the same time and decide to go with one at the last minute depending one who can get to their order first. It happens all the time so a pre-order in this industry is not anything to base any viability judgments on. As I said in the other thread, it just sounds silly to someone who is in the industry.

I see exactly what you're saying but an even bigger issue is you've got 80,000 lbs to work with and a low margin industry. That never bodes well for something that is more costly and less productive. Somebody mentioned super singles, you see more trucks using them because it saves weight allowing more load to be carried. To put it in RV terms, payload.